Theresa Sauer Tisano from the American Musicological Society is currently compiling innovative scores for a contemporary graphic notation anthology called "Notations 21". The website and submission guidelines can be found at: http://www.notations21.net/composersinfo.html Mission for Notations 21 1. To globally promote innovation and creativity in music composition. 2. To create a public awareness and interest in the works of contemporary composers. 3. To explore the natural and necessary relationship between music and the visual arts. 4. To celebrate the composers who take risks, ask questions, and further the progress of the arts.

Sound, Noise, and Electronic Music Group 1: Ages 5-7 Group 2: Ages 8-10 Group 3: Ages 10-13 Objectives Group 1&2: Recognition of various sound waves, ability to construct simple compositions using sound waves, training the voice to imitate sound waves, using the body to imitate sound waves in musical movement, learning concepts of timbre and noise as music, encouraging improvisation with instruments, continuation of Primer Level in Keyboard playing. Group 3: Recognition of various sound waves and noise types, ability to construct compositions using graphic notation, understanding the music history behind electronic music (John Cage, Futurists, noise, early electronic instruments, etc.), learning concepts of timbre and noise as music, encouraging improvisation and experimentation with instruments and various sound producers, using the voice for sonic imitation of sound waves, creating vocal compositions with graphic notation (vocalizations), continuation of Primer Level and Level 1 ...